Frederick Sidney Fox (1888–12 December 1945), referred to in his retirement as "The Mayor of Wantage"[1] was a British horse racing jockey.

He then took some time out to go to Germany where he spent two seasons riding for the von Weinberg stable,[1] but returned to England prior to World War I.

He was not to win another classic until he was in his forties, and his career at this time was punctuated by only the occasional big race success, such as Irish Elegance in the 1918 July Cup.

Things began to change by the end of the 1920s, and in 1930 he was involved in a neck-and-neck battle with reigning champion Gordon Richards for the Jockeys' Championship.

In the event, Bahram won "an easy victory"[8] by 3 lengths, meaning Fox had narrowly been denied one of the rarest achievements in racing.

[10] Their only son Michael was a pilot in the Royal Air Force who was killed 15 July 1940 on active service during World War II in Egypt aged 21.